Yvan Around The World: He's Done It!

29/07/2015

When he told us about his plans to sail around the world in a sports catamaran, we felt that it was pushing it a bit far... After a first trip, he decided to do it solo. That had to be impossible hadn't it?

And yet, 20 months after setting
off, Yvan Bourgnon has succeeded in completing the impossible: going around the
world in a sports catamaran, via Panama and Suez. To be able to sail the 55,000
km or so on a non-habitable catamaran involved: 20 stopovers; the crossing of 3
oceans and 13 seas; one destroyed boat following a running aground; 2 capsizes
and 2 falls into the sea; 7 storms; 420 freeze-dried meals and 30 tubes of sun
cream...Yvan's average overall speed was 5.67 knots and his longest single crossing
was 3,326 nautical miles between the Galapagos and the Marquesas Islands.

But the most amazing thing is the
thought of sailing around the world on a 6 meter long craft which offers no
shelter, and never being able to relax, and to take on the oceans as though it
was the most natural thing in the world. Say what you like but it's one hell of
an achievement.

All we can do is express awe at your
feat, and salute the sailor-adventurer who can do just about anything.